Connecter



Oct. 25, 1927. 1,647,097 J. KACHMAN CONNECTER Filed Jan. 5. 1927 INVENTOR WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

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JOI-IN KACHMAN', OF BERW'YN,IYILLINOIS.

1' CONNECTER'.

Application led January 5, 1927. Serial No. 159,179.

This invention relates to railways, and more particularly to a connecter for securing together the meeting ends of sections ofv track used in electric toy railways.v I

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a connecter for securing the ends of toytrack sec-tions together, that will absolutely preventthe sections from separating and will enable the sections to be easily andv quickly assembled without any interference from the connecters which are secured to the cross ties of the tracks, thereby overcoming misplacement or loss thereof..

A further object of the invention is to provide a connecter for track` sections that is pivotally secured to the cross ties of the sections in a manner to be detaohably secured to the cross ties of companion sections, to prevent misplacement or separation ofthe sections, and when said connecters are disposed in their inoperative position they will 1n no way interfere with the packing of the sections in cartons and the like.

This invention also consists in certain 'other' features of construction and in 'the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and,A

specii'ically pointedr out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail,

reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which v Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a pair of track sections secured and held together by my novel connectors.

Figure. 2 is a similar view of a single track section showing my connecters disposed to inoperative position.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 8-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be noted that I have shown my novel connectors applied to a railway track of the three rail type but it will be obvious that they can be applied to tracks of the two rail type andoperate with equalefiiciency.

The letter A indicates the tracks which are secured and supported by cross ties B of the usual construction, and pivotally secured to the end cross tie of each section at a point adjacent one end thereof and betweenthe side edges of the top is the connecter strip l with its pivot pin 2 extending through the strip adjacent one end thereofV in a manner whereby the strip is capable of swinging in horizontal plane as best shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. y

Secured to anddepending from the strip slightly beyond its center is a pin 3 which is adapted 'to be received in an adjacent cross tie of companion sections'and for this purpose I have provided an opening a on one end of the end cross ties and these openings are arranged in parallelism with the `pivot pins 2 of the strips 1 as l est shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. n

From the above description and disclosure in the drawings, it will be obvious that my novel connecterI will positively secure the meeting ends of the sections toprevent misplacement or separation thereof, and by pivotally securing the connecter, the same may be swung out of the way when the tracksare associated and thereby in no way interfere with the sections when attaching them through the medium of the pinand socket connection, and when the sections are so attached, the strip can be swung on its pivot and the pin 3 arranged in the opening 4 as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. Again, vby pivotally securing the 'strips l in the manner shown and referred i" 1. The combination with railway trackl sections comprising rails and ties, of a con` necter for securing the sections together and comprising a strip pivotally secured to one cross tie of one section and adapted to be detachably received by one cross tie of a companion section.

2. The combination with the sections of a railroad track and the cross 'ties thereof, of a connecter including an elongated strip having one end pivotally secured to the end cross tie of one section, a pin depending froml said strip and adapted to be received in an llt) opening 'formed ,in the end cross tie of a companion section.

3. The combination with the sections of a' miload track and the cross ties thereof, of a connectei1 including an elongated strip pvotally Secured to one end cross tie of one section adjacent the end of said tie and inid- Way the Side edges of the top thereof, a pin secured to said strip slightly beyond its center and depending therefrom to be received 10 in an openingl formed in the adjacent end cross tie of a companion section.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature.

JOHN KACHMAN. 

